Kujonin Chapter 94

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at 30th of August 2019 09:53:48 AM

Chapter 94

Episode 94When I went to the workshop next to the storehouse, blood was dripping from the mouths of my employees . I froze for a second, but Merumo smiled happily . “What are you dong?”“Aah, President!”Merumo shouted . On top of the table was a basket with red fruits in it . Tea was also prepared . It seems like it’s a tea break from work . Snacks being available before you know it in a woman’s workspace is the same as it was in my world . If this helps relieve even a little bit of stress, then I think it’s fine for them to keep eating . “This is a fruit called blood berries, and it’s very interesting . ”“It’s a berry gathered from the wasteland, it seems . Maa, as you can see, it turns your mouth bright red . ”Velsa gave me an explanation . “If you’d like, have some as well, Naoki-kun . ”Ashley invited me as she worked on the windmill . “Thank you very much . Uoh-! These are sour!”When I tossed a blood berry into my mouth, I was attacked with a strong acidity . It might be good to relieve drowsiness . “And how is it? How’s the windmill?”“Well, I’ve never seen a windmill like this, so I wonder if we can make it well . It’s just frightfully interesting, this idea . I wonder just how Naoki-san’s head works . ”Ashley-san said . Ashley-san’s skills are good, so she has already split a cask in two for the windmill and fitted it with blades . “I also haven’t made it before, I just wanted to try it out while testing all sorts of things . ”“Can you also come look at the pump?”Cynthia said to me . Cynthia, Seth, and Ayl were making the pump over there, and making a valve to attach to a giant monster’s stomach . Seth is already half asleep . We pulled an allnighter last night, so it can’t be helped . “It’s fine as long as water won’t leak, right? What about the monster stomach?”“I’ve made some preparations . Bigger is better, right?”Ayl responded . “Also, about this device…”Ashley-san asked as she pointed at the seesaw-like device that compresses the stomach on the blueprints . While explaining it so that everyone could understand, I joined in on the work .

When Seth lost to his sleepiness and dropped out, I took forabbit furs out from the item bag and made a nap area in the workshop . It began to rain again before noon, and Merumo and Ayl slept . We had assembled it and were just thinking to take it outside to test it if the weather cleared up, when Velsa, Cynthia, and I also reached our limits, the area around our mouths were red from when we staved off our sleepiness with blood berries . “Now we just need to wait until it’s sunny, ne?”Ashley-san smiled happily . “Yeah, that’s right, ne … I’ve my limit, so I’m going to sleep a little . Please wake me if anything happens . ”“Yes, yes . Now then, everyone go inside, and don’t disturb these big sisters and brothers . ”Ashley-san took the children who came to watch and returned to the house . Lying down on the furs like I was collapsing, my consciousness drifted off somewhere far away .

I woke around sunset . The rain had stopped, and an orange-colored sky peeked out from behind the break in the clouds . It seems like the women around me also woke when I woke up . Seth and Cynthia aren’t here . When I left the workshop, Seth and Cynthia were carrying dishes with food on them to the workshop . “Ah, President! We’re going to eat dinner with everyone . ”“I see . Is there anything I can help with?”I asked . “Then can you draw water and use Clean Up to make it clean?”“Got it . ”I went with Ayl and Velsa with various casks and barrels, heading in the direction where the well’s hole was . Merumo was called by Seth, and she helped carry the food .

Throwing a bucket with a rope attached to it into the hole, I pulled it up and drew water . The drawn water was put into the casks . Let’s draw up more water rather than less . With 3 people taking turns it wasn’t too bad, but it took some time . Around when I thought that it would be better to use a magic circle, all the casks were full . I purified the water in the three barrels with Clean Up and we brought them back to the storehouse . Normally they’d be too heavy to carry, but the three of us have unusual strength, so we easily carried them . Other than Garcisan and his family, our employees and the people from the Central Government were at the storehouse, as well as a middle-aged man with a good appearance I hadn’t seen before . That middle-aged man has a good build, seems like he’s related to the military, and has taken an interest in the Central Government personnel . “Who is that?”When I asked Garcisan,“HillLake Kingdom’s investigator, Guil-san . ”He told me . “For the time being, I’ve explained the situation . ”Alfred-san told me . “Ah, hello . I’m Naoki . I run an extermination business . A pleasure to meet you . ”“I’ve heard of your rumors . I’m Guil, from HillLake Kingdom’s Military Intelligence . ”After greeting Guil, I sat down . The table has a tablecloth over it, and on top are dishes with food lined up . There was vegetable and meat stirfry, grilled bird monster meat, stew, and the like; at any rate, there were many large plates . Ashley-san said, “It’s always like this for us . ”The children all properly said grace before eating . Garcisan, Ashley-san, Sabui, and the young spokesman (Jason seems to be his name) already ate . Our portion was also included, so we partook without holding back . While eating, we listened to Garcisan and Ashley-san talking, and it seems like the discussion about the roadways have made some progress . ”“Oh, right, Naoki . ”Alfred-san called over to me . “What is it?”“Properly come with me to HillLake’s capital . ”“-Ng, why?”While swallowing the meat I had eaten, I asked why . “Guil, explain it to him . ”“Two dragons have appeared around the border to the northern country . The situation seems to be that our King has completely holed up in his castle, and he won’t even leave his room . ”Guil explained the capital’s situation to me . “And that means I have to go to the capital?”“You have dragon acquaintances, correct?”If you’re asking if I have any, I do . Or like, those two dragons are my acquaintances . “The construction of the canals is under the King’s command . If the King doesn’t give the command to stop, then everything will continue as planned . ”“Hm? And what am I supposed to do about this?”I also have the same feelings about wanting to stop the construction of the canals, but I don’t think I’m needed for this . “Please get the King to leave his room . If you can get him out of his room, Guil can explain things to him, and I will be able to negotiate . ”“Wouldn’t it be fine if Sabui-san drags him out of the room by force?”I tossed the problem at Sabui . “I won’t do . If someone from the Central Government makes a move, just that in itself will cause a delay to the completion of the roads , I believe . ”‘But it’s just the King refusing to leave his room . Aren’t there advisors or prime ministers? I’m just an exterminator . ”“So you say . Please lend us a hand . ”Pain in the ass . “Won’t he leave naturally if you starve him?”‘The castle chefs will be executed . ”Guil said . “Naoki, who isn’t from HillLake and has nothing to do with the Central Government is the suitable person for the job . Please try to get the King to leave his room without using brute force . ”You can say that, but…“Will there be payment?”Velsa asked from the sidelines . “Yes, we’ll pay . ”Alfred-san said . “ “We’ll do it! Let us do it!” “Ayl and Velsa replied immediately . “No, see, I’m working on the windmill and pump, so…”I still have work left in Gnomefield . “That’s what we will be doing . Naoki will go to the capital . ”“That’s right, it’s just going to get the King-sama out of his room, right? Isn’t it simple?”With Ayl and Velsa conspiring against me, it looks like I won’t be able to refuse any more . “If that’s the case, I’m taking one of the newbies . ”I demanded a travelling companion . “That’s fine . ”“Merumo!”“Eh!? Me!?”I’ve already thought up a way to get the King out of his room . “Have you already trained the earticks?”“Eh? Do you mean taming them? No, I haven’t tried it . ”“Can you?”“At my parents’ house I tamed the goatsheeps . But for bug-type monsters, I wonder …?”Merumo’s home is a goatsheep ranch . “Let’s try it after you’re done eating . ”“Understood . ”Well, in the worst case scenario they don’t have to be tamed, though . “Then you’ll do it?”Alfred-san asked . “I will . My employees accepted the job, right? In that case, let’s hurry and leave . ”“Understood . We’ll depart tomorrow morning . Guil, you’re also fine with that?”“As you wish . ”And that was that .

After the meal we returned to the inn, and when Merumo said something in front of the eartick bottle, the earticks in the bottle lined up in a row . “It seems like you can . ”“Haha, it’s something I didn’t know myself . ”If she has the talent to be a beast tamer, then I think it would be better to develop it . “How is it?”Ayl, Velsa, and Seth returned to the inn a little after us . They were talking about tomorrow’s schedule with Ashley-san and the others . “Merumo might have the talent to become a beast tamer . ”When I said so,“I see . We should try all sorts of things out from now on . ”Ayl replied . “How about you guys?”“We’ll try to assemble the windmill and pump if it’s clear . If it rains again, we’ll make seed dumplings . ”“There might be seeds left behind in the houses of the people who left the village . We’ll also try asking if there are any seeds at the church . ”Ayl and Velsa said . “Hm? Come to think of it, where are Alfred-san and the others?”There aren’t any inns but this one, so they’ll be staying at this inn, right?“Aah, that Jason guy asked the church if they could stay over there . ”“I see . ”He’s a more competent guy than I thought . We’d slept at a weird time, so even though I wasn’t sleepy, I fell asleep quickly when I entered my bed .